Futurist Jim Carroll has quickly become recognized as your ‘go-to source’ for effective insight on what comes next, the strategies that you consider, and the leadership path you need to follow.
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
As a futurist, it’s been fascinating watching the impact of Covid-19 and the global pandemic on many industries. The broad brushstrokes are that it has accelerated previous trends to a remarkable degree. So it is with healthcare – here’s a short clip that puts it into perspective. Add to this the trends that were already impacting […]
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I’m running another new video series from the home virtual broadcast studio – Headlines: The Trends Behind Todays’ News. You can learn more at https://headlines.jimcarroll.com Yesterday was the announcement of President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure plan. I thought I would put it in the context of the 19th-century railroad system, the Eisenhauer Interstate Highway system, […]
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So I sent out a tweet this morning – and it led to a question that I took on in the virtual broadcast studio! How does a futurist figure out the future? In my case, extensive research, trends tracking, and much, much more. I’ve outlined in earlier videos the *extensive* research and customization that I […]
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“Fear of Missing Out” – that’s the reality with many new hype trends! I take this apart in a video where I take apart Gamestop and meme-investing, NFT’s (Non-Fungible Tokens) and even Clubhouse — all of which are not really real trends to be concerned about. IMHO.
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As leaders begin to awaken from their pandemic-focused panic-based innovation strategies, they are starting to think about what comes next – and what they should do about it. Much of what you will be focused on will involve big leadership issues like these: how do you solidify the transformation that you put in place at […]
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So today, I decided to take apart a few of today’s news headlines to put into perspective a key reality: You often don’t appreciate the seismic scope of the shifts while you immersed in them. I reference a few other videos in the clip. Here’s one I did a few weeks ago: “what’s the future of […]
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What trends are worth watching as we start to enter an eventual weird, post-Covid economy? How do you distinguish real trends from fads? What really matters? I took these questions on in my “Ask a Futurist” video today. I covered a lot of stuff – fad trends like NFT (nonfungible tokens), Clubhouse and meme-investing which […]
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Relentless volatility. Ongoing uncertainty. Information ambiguity. Unreliability. A lack of clarity. Ongoing vulnerability. Welcome to your new future. What’s your plan? My ongoing research, trends tracking and client discussions tell me that we are faced with a future in which you now need to move at lightning speed, without really knowing what might come next. […]
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I recently established a new video series to address some of the many questions that come to me over the course of the week. I take a look at the questions that arrive and choose one or two a week that might provide some useful insight. One visitor asked “what’s the future of globalization? How […]
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A short little video clip that will get you thinking – what’s your plan? What are you going to do?
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I’m seeing a lot of buzz within my global leadership client base about the need for short, customized, professionally produced pre-filmed videos that can take the place of virtual online events and keynotes. This might include a pre-filmed video of TV production broadcast quality for internal distribution, or a series of weekly videos on a […]
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A quick little observation. That is all! The video I reference is right here! Some some facts about your future: 68% percent of organizations have said that global pandemic has forced them to adapt and change their business model 77% recognize the need for systemic change in their operations 82% believe a more challenging economy […]
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A young journalist from CBC Kids wanted to interview me; the CBC is the national broadcaster in my country of Canada. I decided I should do it from within a spaceship! So I went out and got myself one. I’m at 3:59. Give it a watch. Alexia has wonderful journalistic skills for such a young age! […]
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Wilbur Ellis, a major global agricultural organization, had me in to keynote their 100th-anniversary leadership meeting, held over a 3-day period online. I gave them a 1 hour highly interactive session with lots of Q&A, text message polling, and cutting-edge content. Virtual worlds when done right. Learn more at virtual.jimcarroll.com
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I hit the virtual broadcast studio in my basement yesterday, and filmed a story around what I learned from 2020 …. Here’s what I know: speed matters : agility is everything acceptance of reality was key : that became a fuel for momentum optimism ruled : attitude was everything action mattered : indecision failed reality shattered […]
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Just over a year ago, Pfizer had me in to open a senior global leadership team meeting, with a talk that looked at the future of healthcare. This was the summary that I wrote about what I covered: The rapid evolution of genomic science, the acceleration of gene therapy, the virtualization of healthcare with medical […]
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A clip for my Notable Keynotes – Lessons in Leadership For Our Eventual Post-Pandemic Recovery series – about my keynote for the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich. As a new late-in-life skier (I took it up at the age of 40!), there was a lot of links between my innovation message and my experience learning to […]
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A video playlist to help you think about your future. Some people see the future and see a threat – innovators see the same future and see opportunity!
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2021! What’s your plan? Strategy? Goals? Have you even started to think through how you will reinvent your tomorrow to align with the new realities imposed by today?
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I wrote a blog post in 2017, based on a talk I gave to an overseas client. Trends: What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire? I’m not quite sure how I will update it you yet – I’ll do that once our future becomes clear – but I did film this! You can’t […]
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In November, I will be speaking – virtually, of course – at the P2PX Expo. It’s a major retail event that examines, in real time, issues surrounding consumer behaviour and interaction in the retail space. I was originally scheduled to do this in-person in Chicago in May, and obviously, that changed! But I was interviewed […]
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Lots of opportunity for other nations! Watch!
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I returned to my virtual broadcast studio yesterday, and filmed a video as to this fact – while you’ve been busy managing your pandemic reality, the future has still continued it’s relentless, disruptive march. You need to make sure you are still aligned to what comes next!
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Maybe you’ve been stuck in the 7 stages of pandemic grief – anger, denial, bargaining. The smart ones among us moved to ‘acceptance’ a long time ago – including myself. What will your post pandemic future look like? If you aren’t thinking about it now, you won’t have the strategies to get you to this […]
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